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Buddhist monks at a Tibetan monastery in Langmusi, Gansu Province.
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The Great Wall of China was built and repaired over the course of more than 2000
years. Stretching over 13,000 miles, the wall helped provide protection and prevent
invasions. Ancient trading routes, such as the Silk Road, followed the Great Wall.
A lumber truck heading to a mill in Anren, Hunan Province.
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A farmer in Baoshan, Yunnan Province.
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A porcelain workshop in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province.
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Laoye Temple coal mine. Datong, Shanxi Province. China produces and consumes more
coal than any other country, accounting for almost half of global coal consumption. Coal
contributes to China’s air pollution, which poses major health risks.
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Factories on the Yangtze River. Pollution of rivers and other sources of freshwater is a
major environmental and human health concern in China.
A farmer. Yichang, Hubei Province.
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Lijiang, Yunnan Province.
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Qiang children at Hei Hu Primary School, Sichuan Province. Qiang is an ethnic group in
China.
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A school for the children of migrant workers. Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
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Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwestern China. Xinjiang borders Russia,
Mongolia, Afghanistan, India, and several Middle Eastern countries. Xinjiang is home to a
variety of ethnic groups including Uighur and Han. The majority of the population in this
province is Muslim.
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Fruit merchants, Hainan Province. Hainan Island is located off the southern coast of
mainland China in the South China Sea.
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Mingsha Mountain, home to a fresh water spring, near Dunhuang in the Gansu
Province.
On the banks of the Li River in Guilin, Guangxi Province.
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Xijiang, Guizhou Province.
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Standing 29,000 feet (about 5.5 miles) above sea level, Mt. Everest is the highest
mountain on Earth. Mt. Everest is part of a mountain range called the Himalayas, and is
located on the international border of Tibet and Nepal.
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The Forbidden City, Beijing. The Forbidden City, made up of close to one thousand
buildings, was constructed in the early 1400s and served as the Chinese imperial palace
for almost 500 years.
Soldiers in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
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The Tiananmen gate, Beijing. The portrait is of Mao Zedong, a communist leader that
founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 and ruled until his death in 1976.
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Zhongshan Park, Beijing. This public park was once an imperial garden.
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Hong Kong. In 1997, Great Britain returned the island of Hong Kong to China after
controlling the territory for 150 years.
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A market in Shanghai. Shanghai is the largest city (by population) in China.
Chongqing, a city in southwestern China.
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Kashgar is a city in western China, near the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
It is located in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
Uighurs in Turpan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
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Tibet.
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Vegetable market in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
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The 233 foot tall Leshan Giant Buddha is located in Sichuan Province. The sculpture
was completed in the year 803 during the Tang Dynasty.
Shanghai.
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The Shanghai Maglev Train is the world’s fastest commercial train, reaching speeds of
268 mph. The train connects the Shanghai International Airport to the Shanghai Metro.
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The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, home of the 2008 Summer
Olympics.
Library in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
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An opera in Beijing.
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Shanghai.
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Seagate factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Workers in the “clean room” assemble hard drives.
Students at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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Beijing.
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Shanghai.
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